Paris 2024 gold medalist Letsile Tebogo turned out to be a hero for Botswana both on and off the field, helping stranded motorists caught in floods at Gaborone.
In a video going viral on social media, the first-ever gold medalist for the nation was documented using his Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) to rescue submerged cars to safety in Botswana’s capital city.
Tebogo was also a part of Botswana’s silver medal-winning 4x400m relay team besides being a two-time World Championships medallist.
At least seven people have been killed in Botswana flash floods, including three children while uprooting thousands after the three days of heavy rains, President Duma Boko said on Saturday.
Schools have been shut while roads are blocked following the heavy downpour which lasted for more than a week.
“We will continue to work in the short term to mitigate further losses,” Boko said in a televised address with over 1,700 citizens rescued.
“We must relook at our infrastructure planning to determine that indeed our infrastructure on a national level can handle droughts as well as floods,” he added.
In the national capital, cars washed away and waterlogged into properties.
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